Serious accident

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A serious cycling accident occurred on Sunday morning on the Rhine dam between Höchst and Fußach: A 59-year-old German man crashed at a speed of around 40 km/h and had to be flown to Feldkirch Regional Hospital by rescue helicopter.

The German was part of a group of 15 racing cyclists. The amateur athletes were pedaling hard on the dead-straight cycle path along the Rhine embankment. While riding in the slipstream, however, the 59-year-old had a serious mishap: he rode too close to the cyclist in front of him and touched his rear wheel, causing him to leave the asphalt path and end up on the verge.

As he tried to get back onto the cycle path, he ended up crashing. The impact was so powerful that the German remained motionless on the ground. He only regained consciousness when the emergency services arrived at the scene of the accident. The injured man was flown to Feldkirch Regional Hospital in the C8 rescue helicopter.